Special welcome and Governor's Proclamation:
Michelle Lanier
Director, Division of NC State Historic Sites
NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources
Founding Director, NC African American Heritage Commission
Keynote Address:
Jennifer Fleischner, PhD,
Professor of English, Adelphi University
Author of the biography,
Mrs. Lincoln and Mrs. Keckly
Speakers:
William L. Andrews, PhD
E. Maynard Adams Professor of English and Comparative Literature, UNC-Chapel Hill
Frances Smith Foster, PhD
Charles Howard Candler Professor of English and Women's Studies (emerita), Emory University; Lifetime Achievement Award -- Society for the Study of American Women Writers
N. Brooks Graebner, PhD
Historiographer, Episcopal Diocese of NC, and Chair, Keckly Bicentennial Committee
Sylvia D. Hoffert, PhD
Professor of History, (emerita), Texas A&M University
Fellow; Center for Presidential History, Southern Methodist University
Registration is $20 and includes a boxed lunch. Make selection at checkout.
Box Lunch - please select your choice (included with registration)
- Smoked Turkey Sandwich on Challah Bread w/ Swiss Cheese, Lettuce, Tomato and Basil Mayo; Chopped Salad w/ 1000 Island; Clementine
- Black Eyed Pea Hummus & Grilled Vegetable Sandwich on Sundried Tomato bread; Chopped Salad w/ Balsamic Vinaigrette; Clementine
- Black Eyed Pea Hummus & Grilled Vegetable Sandwich on Gluten Free Bread; Chopped Salad w/ Balsamic Vinaigrette; Clementine
Please contact us via email - symposium@burwellschool.org or call us at 919-732-7451.
The Historic Hillsborough Commission is grateful to the
NC Humanities Council for their support for this symposium through a Grassroots Grant and to the
the Orange County Human Services Agency program and the Town of Hillsborough Tourism Program and for support of the mission of the Burwell School Historic Site.